>>511051257It's not more popular. ESPN goes out of its way to endlessly promote it and try and show and talk about the WNBA more than MLB, NHL, boxing. The it's probably the third most talked about sport on ESPN. Yet nobody watches it and they still cannot draw fans to games. It is entirely propped up for a political agenda.
The average MLB game despite a more expensive ticket and 162 games in a season has about triple the amount of fans who show up. Yet WNBA gets more coverage on ESPN.